Curtain-pole support.



No. 798,999. PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905. S. M. FERGUSON.

CURTAIN POLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20.1904.

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SAMUEL M. FERGUSON, OF LOUISA, KENTUCKY.

CURTAIN-POLE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed February 20, 1904. Serial No. 194,594.

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Be it known that l. SAMUEL M. Fl-IRGUSQN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louwhich the following is a specification.

Hy invention relates to shade-roller and curtain-pole supports; and its primary object is to provide a new and useful device of this f character which may be readily and quickly adjusted to increase or diminish the distance between the brackets, that the device may support a shade-roller of any length, and which is adapted to be easily and quickly applied to and removed from a window-frame or other support.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the means for securing the device in applied position that the latter may be supported inatrue horizontal plane irrespective of any irregularity in the wimlow-frame.

The invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, claimed, and illustratcd in the accompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred form of my invention, and in which" Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of a window-frameand my improved shade'roller and curtain-pole support, the latter being shown in applied position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, 1 designates the upper portion of a window-frame to which my improved support is adapted to be removably secured.

2 2 designate bars which are substantially duplicates in construction and which may be constructed from wood, metal, or any other suitable material. One of the bars 2 has its outer face cut away for a portion of its length and provided with an elongated opening 3, while the other bar has its inner face similarly cut away and also provided with an elon gated opening, (designated a.) The bars are adapted to be secured together to permit of their longitudinal adjustment by means of bolts 5, each of which is adapted to be secured to one of the bars and project through the opening in the other bar. Thumb-nuts 6 are adapted to be secured on the projecting ends of the bolts 5 and are adapted to be turned upon the bolts to lirmly clamp the bars together. in view of the fact that the bolts are adapted to freely move in the openings 3 and 4: it is apparent that the bars 2 may be adjusted to increase or diminish their length, and it is also apparent that the bars may be secured in their adjusted position against accidental displacement by means of the nuts 6.

The outer end of each bar is provided with a bracket 7, which may be rigidly secured thereto in any approved manner. These brackets may be of any preferred design and have their upper ends recessed, as at S, to receive the opposite ends of a curtain-pole 9. The inner faces of the brackets a re provided with arcuate slots 10, which begin at points in the outer edges of the brackets and terminate at points near the longitudinal centers thereof. The inner extremities of these slots are so constructed thatone of said extremities is adapted to form a bearing for the reception of the pintle of the shade-roller 11, while the other is. adapted to-receive the winding-stub of said roller.

It is apparent that the adjustability of the bars permits the brackets 7 to be moved toward and away from each other to increase or diminish the distance thcrebetween, adapting the brackets to receive shade-rollers of varying length.

12 d csignates hooks which are secured to the bars 2 at points near their outer ends and are provided with terminal engaging points 13, adapted to pierce the upper edge of the window-frame l to removably secure the support in applied position. The hooks 12 are adapted to be turned into and out of the bars to permit the ends of said bars to be supported at different heights to accommodate for any irregularities in the upper edge of the windowframe 1, whereby the curtain-pole and shaderoller may be supported in a true horizontal plane.

It is apparent from the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that I provide a combined curtainpole and shade-roller support which is cheap of construction, durable, and etlicient, which may be readily and quickly adjusted to accommodate for shade-rollers of different length, and which may also be adjusted to overcome any irregularities in the window-frame to permit said device to be supported in a true horizontal plane.

llaving described my invention, what 1 claim is- In a device of the class described, a bar comprising a pair of elongated sections connected for relative longitudinal adjustment, means for fixing the sections in their adjusted position, a pair of brackets carried respectively by the sections and in fixed relation thereon, said brackets having upwardly-opening slots constituting seats for a curtain-pole and being further provided on their inner faces with arcuate slots forming seats for the ends of a shade-roller, and a pair of hooks disposed re- I spectively adjacent opposite ends of the bar and sharpened for engagement With a support,

the hooks being adjustably engaged with the bar, whereby they may be lengthened or shortened relatively for effecting true horizontalarrangement of the fixture irrespective of the levelness of the support.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

SAMUEL M. FERGUSON.

W'itnesses:

JAMES L. CAREY,

G. M. GRUTOHER. 

